Lea said she was appreciative of provisions in the bill that would require some proceeds from the game be donated to a charitable cause, but otherwise suggested the matter was not "something the Legislature should involve themselves in."

Hear, hear.

Lea, a member of the House Select Committee on Rules to which the bill was assigned, said she does not expect the bill to advance after discussing it with other committee members.

Lea mentioned one constituent asked her to support the measure. In an online poll conducted by The Courier, 88 percent of respondents selected "the Legislature has no business getting involved in college sports."